"Tu es le pain et le couteau. Le cristal et le vin."
— Jacques Crickillon

January 1, 1970

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Untitled poem, in Neuf Royaumes (1991) p. 80. Translated by Greg Bailey, in Frank: An International Journal of Contemporary Writing & Art, no. 15 (1996) p. 138. Quoted by Billy Collins as the epigraph to his poem "Litany", in Poetry (February 2002). Cited in Peter Armenti, "The Bread, the Knife, and the Source of Billy Collins's Poem 'Litany'", Library of Congress Blogs (November 13, 2018)